[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Rubio, Mr.
Hagerty, and Mrs. Fischer):
S. 4901. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938,
as amended, to modify requirements under that Act relating to
exemptions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill amends the
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify
requirements under that act relating to exemptions.
S. 4901
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Adversary
Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act
of 2022'' or the ``PAID OFF Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER FARA.
Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938,
as amended (22 U.S.C. 613), is amended, in the matter
preceding subsection (a), by inserting ``, except that the
exemptions under subsections (d)(1) and (h) shall not apply
to any agent of a foreign principal that is listed as a
foreign adversary (as defined in section 8(c) of the Secure
and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C.
1607(c))) in accordance with that Act'' before the colon.
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